Ludewa District is one of six districts in the Njombe Region in Tanzania, East Africa. Prior to 2012, the district was one of the seven districts of Iringa Region. The town of Ludewa is the administrative seat of the district. A hospital is located in the city. The district is bordered to the north by the Njombe Rural District and Makete District, to the southeast by the Ruvuma Region and to the southwest by the country of Malawi across Lake Nyasa. In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 137,520 people in the district, from 133,218 in 2012.

Geography

The district has a wide shore of Lake Nyasa with beaches in Lupingu and Manda and the mouth of Ruhuhu River. The district covers and area of 8397 km2, of which 6,325 km2 that is 75% is land, and 2,072 km2 that is 25% is water.

Economy

The primary occupations are livestock raising, subsistence farming, and fishing which encompasses 78% of peoples livelyhoods.

Mining

The Liganga iron ore mine in Ludewa is a $1.8 billion USD project to mine iron ore and manufacture steel sheets. The complex is to produce one mt/y of steel, iron, titanium dioxide, and vanadium pentoxide. There is a small amount of artisanal mining of gold and gem quality green tourmaline.

Administrative subdivisions

Ludewa District is administratively divided into five divisions, twenty-six wards, with 77 villages, and 337 vitongoji.

Constituencies

For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Ludewa District had one constituency:

Wards

Below are the 26 wards as follows:

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